Intensifying Malaria Control and Accelerating Progress towards Malaria Elimination in High Transmission and Hard-to-reach Border Areas

85,507
Population Coverage
3
Total Townships
$2,275,000
Total Budget
Project Title: Intensifying Malaria Control and Accelerating Progress towards Malaria Elimination in High Transmission and Hard-to-reach Border Areas
Donor:
GF-RAI4E grant
Principal Recipient:
UNOPS
Implementing Sub-Recipient:
Medical Action Myanmar (MAM)
Date:
01 January 2024 to 31 December 2026

Key Activities

1. Community-based malaria case management
2. Intensified case detection (active case detection) in persistent hotspots and high-burden villages, new settlements, forests and migrant sites
3. Mass drug administration (MDA) to bring down the malaria burden in the villages with high P.f transmission
4. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) for forest goers and risk travelers
5. Malaria surveillance, case investigation and response;
6. Radical cure for P. vivax malaria;
7. Integration of additional health services to ensure high uptake of RDT testing
8. Community engagement and SBCC sessions;
9. Vector control activities:
Mass LLIN distribution
Continuous LLIN distribution
IRS